Welcome to the official GReddy USA blog. -Think of this as our online weekly "GReddy Times," a venue for us to report what's going on or what just happened at GReddy USA this week (new products, new projects, racing news, even online store specials.) On our blog you can see what we are up to in the GReddy Sales floor, R&D garage, on the road or even from our Headquarters in Japan.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Engine strengthening is crucial for safety and reliability of FR-S and BRZ over the 350hp mark. GReddy engineers have drawn from our FR-S race experience to assemble a complete stroker kit for the FA20/4U-GSE boxer engine, using only superior components. The kit features 9.5:1, 86mm bore. 2618 T6 forged aluminum pistons with specially designed shape ideal for high boost applications. This is connected to extra strong H-beam 433OM steel alloy forged connecting rods with a factory style 18deg. split line. And at the heart of the 2.1L kit is our dynamic balanced, E4340 Cr-Ni-Mo alloy billet steel stroker crankshaft.

The overseas trip saw the GReddy FR-S land at our TRUST/GReddy HQ in Chiba just days before the event. From there the GReddy Team transported the two race cars 10hrs south-west to a very cold Okayama International Circuit for the Formula Drift Japan / Motor Games event.

The Okayama course was a long challenging high speed course with many crucial turns. But it was the 1st sweeper that would prove to the key point in the track in tandem battles with the unpredictable cold weather conditions.

Friday Qualifying had Gushi and Kawabata in 22nd and 24th respectively. Ken performed well under pressure in his Q2 run, after an over aggressive bobble in his first qualifying pass. Kawabata was still feeling out the Judging requirements for his first Formula Drift event.

Saturday, Ken Gushi's Top32 battle (1:55.50) was with Japan's Tomokazu Hirota's JDM 4door. Although Ken had a dominate lead run, it was not enough to overcome the off line bobble from getting too close to Hirota in the first sweeper of his chase run. For Top32 (0:38.00) Masato Kawabata received a bye run against Tetsuya Hibino to move on. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ciari_formula-drift-japan-okayama-top-32_auto

In the FD Japan Great8, Kawabata went up against the event's #1 Qualifier, Tstomu Fujio in a R34 Skyline. Again Kawabata showed great skill following behind Fujio, eventually forcing some errors and moving the GReddy Team onto the next bracket.

In his first Formula Drift event, Masato Kawabata drives the Team Toyo Tires Drift x TRUST Racing 35RX GT-R into the Final4 against another FD/D1 Champion, Diago Saito. Race scouting showed Saito's new JZX100 Chaser to be one of the fastest cars of the event. This motivates Kawabata to go for more speed. In the end he pushes a little too hard in the crucial first sweeper and moves Saito into the Finals. All in all it was a very challenging and exciting event for both GReddy Teams... we look forward to what the 2015 race season brings.

The second design is a modern evolution of our classic Diamond shaped shift knob, originally found on our GREX race sequential gearboxes. The revised shape now measures 45mm in diameter, with a shorter height of 45mm and weighs in at balanced 385mm(.85lbs.)

And for the ultimate in protection, each style is offered in an optional "black nickle" finish. The polished stainless steel undergoes a high performance coating process known as PVD or Physical Vapor Deposition, (where solid metal is vaporized to plasma and then deposited onto the knob in a vacuum.) This produces a unique uniform finish that encases the metal and offers superior resistance to wear, corrosion, and chemicals. It is also very hard and will not chip, tarnish or fade.

Monday, December 1, 2014

GReddy Universal Supreme SP Muffler and Tip sets provide a quality, high-performance option for custom (single or dual muffler)
applications and vehicles not covered by the current line-up. The
universal Supreme SP muffler section features our new improved internal
construction with our signature straight-through design and long
lasting, heat-resistant sound suppression materials, for a classic,
deep, throaty GReddy sound. The outer construction is full 304
stainless-steel; including our latest double wall GReddy SP tip. The
universal muffler and tip set comes with a pre-welded polished stainless
steel tip extension, which can be cut and shortened to adapt to fit
most bumpers. Think of the possibilities you can create with the GReddy Universal Supreme SP!